The Media

Contemporary society is saturated with popular media; 3.7 hours per day is spent watching television by the average British adult, 35% of all adults claim to use Facebook every week and overall Internet usage has increased by 38% in only two years. Websites such as Wikileaks are also provoking debate into issues such as freedom of speech and press regulation. The Media covers  these issues, as well as looking at the debates over phone hacking by journalists, celebrities' right to privacy and the effect of social media on national security. The information comes from a wide range of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper articles, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.